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4.1.6.2. Just
The second word is just. Different with before, the word just appears thirty nine times.
Excerpt 2: Now, we’re not just here today to celebrate the first anniversary of a campaign
to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation. We’re here to
celebrate a new conversation in this country about the health and well-being of our children.
It’s a conversation about what our kids eat and how they move.
It’s about how they feel and how they feel about themselves. And it’s
about what that means, not just for their physical and emotional health, but for their success in school and in life.
In her speech, Michelle talked to to celebrate the first anniversary of a campaign to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation. It was
about what their kids eat and how they move. It was also about how they feel and how they feel about themselves. She also explained that not only for their
physical and emotional health, but for their success in school and in life. By using just will persuade the addressee to take them seriously and to strengthen the
meaning that not only that but also there is another.
4.1.6.3. Really
Really is the third word of intensifier that has been found. It occurs seven times in Michelle’s speeches.
Excerpt 3: And as parents, Barack and I also know that sometimes, maybe even a lot of the
time, it’s really hard for parents to know what’s going on in our kids’ lives.
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Michelle said about her and Barack admission that sometime will be difficult as parents
to know what’s going on in their kids’ lives. By using really, Michelle shown it seriously and strengthen the meaning that it will be hard.
4.1.6.4. Very
The forth word that including intensifier is very. The emergence of intensifier very is twice in speeches of Michelle Obama.
Excerpt 4: And everywhere Ive gone, in the people Ive met, and the stories Ive heard, I
have seen the very best of the American spirit.
Again, Michelle told about her experiences at the previous time. Everywhere she has gone, in the people she has met, and the stories she has heard,
she has seen the very best of the American spirit. By using very, she was
strengthening the meaning. She explained that there was a big spirit in the America.
4.1.6.5. Too
The last word including intensifier during Michelle Obama’s speeches is
too. Same as very, too is also appears twice in speeches of Michelle Obama. Excerpt 5:
And the consequences go far beyond our kids’ health. For example, believe it or
not, right now, today, nearly 27 percent of 17-24 year-olds are too overweight to serve in our military. I recently visited Fort Jackson down in South Carolina,
it’s the largest facility in the country for training Army recruits.
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Michelle gave the example of the obesity. She said nearly 27 percent of
17-24 year-olds are too overweight to serve in the American military. It was
proven in Fort Jackson down in South Carolina, one of the largest facilities in the country for training Army recruits. She used too to persuade their addressee
to take it seriously and to strengthen the meaning. It means that she shown seriously and need a movement.
As a conclusion, Michelle’s uses of intensifier are so, just, really, very, and too. Those intensifiers have different emergence total but have same purpose.
4.1.7. Hypercorrect Grammar
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